Honor Magic 4 Pro vs Magic 8 Pro
62
out of 100
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93
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.81-inch Honor Magic 4 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on February 28, 2022, against the Honor Magic 8 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 3 years and 8 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Honor Magic 8 Pro
- Delivers 450% higher peak brightness (5277 against 959 nits)
- 3.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3966K versus 1200K)
- Shows 87% longer battery life (32:06 vs 17:09 hours)
- Comes with 2600 mAh larger battery capacity: 7200 vs 4600 mAh
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- The rear camera has a 3.7x optical zoom
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
- The phone is 3 years and 8 months newer
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.81 inches | 6.71 inches |
| Resolution | 1312 x 2848 pixels | 1256 x 2808 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.54:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 1800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1000 nits | 6000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Giant Rhino Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 93.1% | 89.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 94.7% | - |
| PWM | 119 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) |
| Width | 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) | 75 mm (2.95 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.15 mm (0.36 inches) | 8.32 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 215 g (7.58 oz) | 219 g (7.72 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gold, Green, Orange | White, Black, Gold, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.41/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 27643 |
| Single-core score | 1464 | 3568 |
| Multi-core score | 3918 | 10610 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 397302 | 1207069 |
| GPU | 320762 | 1513881 |
| Memory | 182594 | 461553 |
| UX | 300283 | 783641 |
| Total score | 1200941 | 3966144 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Graphics test | - | 22 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2979 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 47 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 56 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 46 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 40 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 12492 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 22533 |
| Video editing | - | 8214 |
| Photo editing | - | 40028 |
| Data manipulation | - | 17118 |
| Writing score | - | 30415 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#30th place)
Recent User Tests
Honor Magic 4 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Honor Magic 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-28 (nminh) | AnTuTu 12 | 4038854 |
| 📘 2026-09-18 (S_zavtra) | AnTuTu 12 | 4123403 |
| 📘 2026-07-19 (WatchingTV) | AnTuTu 11 | 4000373 |
| 📘 2026-07-18 (WatchingTV) | AnTuTu 11 | 3966144 |
| 📘 2026-07-07 (carrrpernaxa) | AnTuTu 11 | 3649917 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 | Android 16 |
| ROM | Magic UI 6 | MagicOS 10 |
| OS size | 21 GB | - |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4600 mAh | 7200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 120 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (100 W) | Yes (80 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 12 min) | Yes (81% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:30 hr | 0:40 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1600 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:18 hr | 14:24 hr |
| Watching video | 12:02 hr | 24:12 hr |
| Gaming | 05:16 hr | 08:32 hr |
| Standby | 68 hr | 116 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#28th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9216 x 6912 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.5x | Optical, 3.7x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 122° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 64 MP 4) Depth |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX766 | Omnivision OV50H |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.5 | f/2.6 |
| Focal length | 90 mm | 85 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV64B | Samsung ISOCELL HP9 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 12 mm |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV50D |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.61 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | 165 |
| Preview | 62 | - |
| Zoom | 111 | 155 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor Magic 4 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Honor Magic 8 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | - | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 21 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX816 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | - | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | October 2025 |
| Release date | April 2022 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1100 | $999 |
| Successor | - Honor Magic 8 Pro | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Yes, 120 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Honor Magic 8 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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